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Battery Guns.

No. 145,224. Patented Dec. 2,1373.

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ALONZO E. MILTIMORE, OF UNITED STATES ARMY.

EMPROVEMENT IN BATTERY-GUNS.

Specification forming part ofLettere Patent No. 145,224, datedDecembtrQ, 1873; application filed November 25, 1873.

To all Whom yit may concern:

le it known that I, Lieut. ALONZO E. MIL- 'rinonn, of First UnitedStates Artillery, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGuns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a t'ull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reterence heilighadto the accompanying drawings, which form part of this speeiiieation.

My invention relates to certain new and uset'ul improvements in guns foruse in times of war; and consists in the combination of deviees andappliances hereinafter specified and claimed, wherein, in the drawings-Figure l is a view in plan of my invention, and Fig. L a view in sideelevation.

A is an inner ce1itrallvlocated gun, of larger caliber than the otherbarrels, I3, and may be either a breech or muzzle loader, or both. Bare. exterior smaller barrels, arran ged concentrirally around thelarger barrel A. The barrels ll are supported by collars C C', embracing their ends, and r meiving their support from the gun A, upon which thecollars C U are constructed to revolve. Dis a case, containing thetire-lock ot' the outer barrels B, and also inelosing suitable mechanismfor feeding the barrels ll, revolving them past the iirelocii, anddischarging the cartridge-shells therefrom at'ter tiring, whichmechanism, inelosed in the ease l), will form the subieet-matter oi'another application.

As will be seen, the whole gun mechanism is supported bythecentrally-located gun'A. This gun is provided with four trunnion-shapedsupports, li] and E', situated at the muzzle and breech, respectively,that lit into seats formed within or upon cheek-plates F. Thesecheekplates F, in turn, are provided with a set of trunnions, G, formounting the whole structure upon the cheek-plates of a gun-carriage.

Theadvantages of this invention are, brieiy, as follows: It combines along-range gun, A, with 'the revolving short-ran ge barrels B, thuscombining with a gun possessing all the advantages oi' the Gatling theadditional advantages of a long-range, large-caliber gum from which maybe red shot, shell, grape or shrapnel, canister, Ste., undercircumstances where the ordinary Gatling would be powerless.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a single central barrel, A, oi' a series ofcomplete barrels, B, of smaller caliber, constructed and adapted torevolve around the central barrel A, substantially as described.

2. The combination described, of a central barrel or gun and a frame orcradle forv supporting the gun at or near its extremities, so that aseries of independent barrels may be r 1anged around said central gun,as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand this24th day oi' November, 1873.

A. E. MILTIMORE, First Lieut. First Artillery.

Witnesses:

WELLs W. Lneen'rr, J. TYLER POWELL.

